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The route consisted of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, canals up the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, an inclined plane railroad called the Allegheny Portage Railroad, a tunnel across the Allegheny Mountains, and canals down the Conemaugh and Allegheny rivers to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River; it was completed in 1834 ...
The Pennsylvanian is a 444-mile (715 km) daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York City and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.The trains travel across the Appalachian Mountains, through Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and New Jersey en route to New York.
On the Way to Pittsburgh -- Great Bend on the Alleghenies, 1871 1855 map of the PRR, including the planned Lancaster, Lebanon and Pine Grove Railroad Panoramic view of Horseshoe Curve on the Pennsylvania Railroad – October 12, 1934. Pennsylvania Railroad Company was chartered by the Pennsylvania legislature on April 13, 1846 to build a ...
Pennsylvania Railroad: Tuscarora Valley Railroad: 1891 1934 N/A Tylerdale Connecting Railroad: TYC B&O/ PRR: 1899 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation: Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad: PRR: 1854 1866 Pennsylvania Railroad, Tyrone and Clearfield Railway: Tyrone and Clearfield Railway: PRR: 1867 1903 Cambria and ...
The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad (reporting mark PN) is a short-line railroad operating on trackage mostly in Bucks and Montgomery counties to the north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was created in 2011, taking over former operations from CSX Transportation .
The Keystone Corridor is a 349-mile (562 km) railroad corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that consists of two rail lines: Amtrak and SEPTA's Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg main line, which hosts SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line commuter rail service, and Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian inter-city trains; and the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line.
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark MPA), colloquially known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s.
Pennsylvania & Shore Line Day Express 1890 — 1892 Boston, MA — Philadelphia, PA renamed Colonial Express; The Pennsylvania Limited 1887 — 1971 New York, NY — Chicago, IL; Pennsylvania Special 1902 — 1912 New York, NY — Chicago, IL renamed Broadway Limited; The Pennsylvania-Wilkes Barre Express 1932 — 1949